[Bug 270509] Various x11-drivers/xf86-video drivers erroneously assume that no kernel driver will attach to graphics cards (need local patches)

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=270509

--- Comment #45 from heikki@suonsivu.net ---
> Heikki: How old are those HP microservers?  Are they "ancient hardware"?

HPE microservers are currently manufactured and are quite popular (I have
several versions). Current GEN10 Plus version (release 2019) has Matrox
G200eH3, GEN8 (2013) has G200EH. It is embedded in Intel chipsets, that is why
it is very common in servers. Some of the HPE Microservers have AMD CPU and
thus AMD graphics, but there is no way to tell that from version and release
date, as Gen8 has versions with both CPUs.

HPE Microservers have been cheapest servers which support ECC, and have 4 drive
bays, so they are very useful for smaller servers, running zfs happily. They do
have one x8 slot, but it is usually used for OS SSD to leave 3.5inch bays for
larger disks and thus not usable for additional graphics card, which would be
wasteful anyway.

I find it odd that people in FreeBSD team does not know this, being a server
focused OS ?  Removing things should be very seriously considered and not to be
done on a whim, as it may force expensive hardware or OS replacement and
narrows available options. In this case, no more servers with Intel chipsets is
pretty bad, as Intel is still pretty strong in server area, even if they have
been taking some damage lately. 

Embedded or industrial computers also tend to use chipsets which some may
consider "obsolete", so this is a worrying trend, if hardware support
disappears in new releases and FreeBSD drops support for older FreeBSD
releases.

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